Articles by Matt Rappa (1744)
Wednesday afternoon, the Phillies traded Marlon Byrd, 37, to the Cincinatti Reds in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Ben Lively, 22. Lively was ranked the 12th-best prospect in the Reds' organization according to Baseball America's 2015 Prospect Handbook. In 26 starts combined with A+ and AA ranked teams within the organization, he posted a 13-7 […]
According to ESPN's Chris Mortensen, the Philadephia Eagles have fired Tom Gamble, VP of Player Personnel. Just last winter, Gamble re-joined the Eagles after spending eight seasons with the San Francisco 49ers prior. He entered the NFL in 1988 as a player personnel assistant with the Eagles, and eventually transitioned into roles of college scouting […]
The Philadelphia 76ers (4-26), worst-team in the NBA, went head-to-head with the best team in the league Tuesday evening, the Golden State Warriors (25-5). Results from the game showed the extreme mismatch between the two teams, as Golden State defeated the Sixers 126 to 86, a margin of 40 points. Trailing 61-34 at the half, […]
View image | gettyimages.com Former utilty infielder for the Phillies, Tomas Perez, is still playing professional baseball despite last appearing in a Major League Baseball game on April 21, 2008 with the Houston Astros. Turning 41 on Monday, Perez of the Caribes de Anzoategui Venezulan Winter League team, has 24 hits, seven doubles, one triple, […]
View image | gettyimages.com Former Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins has had a lot to say, in an exiting interview with CSNPhilly.com's Jim Salisbury, about the past, current and future state of the only franchise he has known thus far in his career: the Philadelphia Phillies. In the interview, Jimmy Rollins praised Jayson Werth, teammate from December of […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia 76ers (4-23) have pulled off the upset over Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat (13-16). In a game where the Sixers trailed 32-19 after the first quarter, and 57-42 at the half, Philadelphia was able to outscore their opponent by a 19-point margin in the latter-half of the […]
View image | gettyimages.com Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. joined Howard Eskin and Hollis Thomas Tuesday morning on SportsRadio 94WIP. The following is a transcript of the conversation, where Amaro touched on the realistic rebuilding time frame, as well as the current status of where the club stands with Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee, […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Phillies have signed RHP Sean O'Sullivan (27), RHP Kevin Slowey (30), and first-baseman Chris McGuiness (26) to minor-league contracts with invitations to Spring Training. O'Sullivan started two games for the Phillies last season, and appeared in three overall. In total, he allowed nine earned runs on 15 hits and two […]
View image | gettyimages.com According to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com, the Pittsburgh Pirates are the winning bidder for Korean shortstop Jung-Ho Kang. The Pirates' bid for Kang of $5,002,015 was accepted early Saturday morning by his Korea Professional Baseball team, the Nexen Heroes. Kang is the first position player ever to be posted from the Korea Baseball Organization. If […]
View image | gettyimages.com According to SB Nation's Chris Cotillo, the Philadelphia Phillies are among the frontrunners for Korean shortstop Jung-ho Kang: Though the winning team is still unknown, one industry source with knowledge of Korea predicted that the Phillies or Nationals could be the frontrunners at this point. Philadelphia has focused some scouting on […]